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Comment by Lindsay on June 2, 2013 at 9:31pm

I could definitely use a phone call. :(

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 2, 2013 at 6:50pm

My first twin was more talkative than normal, he was really busy teaching his twin what to expect. I noticed a new respect and politeness.

Comment by diannep on June 2, 2013 at 6:01pm

I totally agree with ellen and imomxfour.  My normally chatterbox son was not so talkative and anything we wanted to do was fine with him.  Didn't take him long to get out of that mode though once he arrived at A School.  They have much more freedom there, although still the Navy so they are not their own bosses!  :-)

Comment by CatMom509 on June 2, 2013 at 5:18pm

Hello All!

     "Because You are with me,

      I will not fear."

                           Psalm 118:6

Comment by ellen0502 on June 2, 2013 at 3:56pm

Yep, imomxfour, PIR weekend they can seem like zombies, not unusual. Paranoid they will do something wrong, not able to make a decision, fall asleep at any given moment, stare at everyone and everything.They are told they may be watched while on liberty, and they might be.

Don't let it throw you a curve with this behavior when they are with you, there is nothing wrong. They have been told when to eat, sleep, shower, shave, what to wear and when to wear it, when to talk and when not to talk, where to go, when to walk, when to march etc. They have not been their own person for several weeks.

They are briefed on what they can and can't do while on liberty and don't want to mess up. Gentle reminders of cover (hat) off inside, and cover on outside if they forget. They are still in there it may just take a while, it will pass I promise!

Comment by imomxfour x 3 Sailors on June 2, 2013 at 2:51pm

We got a call from our daughter earlier, div 235 - she said she couldn't call yesterday when everyone else did, because she was on watch - but they let her call from the RDC's office today for 10 minutes!! This was our 3rd call. Would have been the 4th call, but 2 weeks ago when they got calls 2 days in a row, she missed the chance on that Monday due to being in SIQ for having a wisdom tooth removed.

 

She sounds really good - confident, like always, LOL - but DONE. She is *over it* with a lot of the *girls* there, ha!! And she is super calm about the fact that she miscounted her laps AGAIN for the 2nd PFA - so she missed passing it by ONE lap, because she stopped when the counter said 12 laps!! She said she thought it meant she had run 12 laps, but it meant she was starting her 12th lap.... She said she is not worried about passing the 3rd one that actually counts, because she had plenty of time left to run that extra lap the first time, and this time she even shaved another minute off her time - I said, "For crying out loud girl, just KEEP RUNNING next time, even if you run an extra 3 laps, who cares, don't risk it!!!!" LOL!!!

It's so hard to remember all the things you want to ask when you're on such a short phone call though - I know she wants to go to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch after PIR, and then to the Gurnee mall for Starbucks and to get her eyebrows done with another SR friend of hers!! This girl has no problems still making decisions for herself, lol...

If you don't already know this, sometimes the new sailors are too overwhelmed to decide on where to eat and what they want to do after PIR, because they have been drilled with instructions for 7-8 weeks straight - and they are never to do anything more or less than what they are told, or they get in trouble - so they are little gun-shy of speaking up & making their own decisions when they get out of there. So if they haven't already told you what they want to do or where to eat, etc..., it's probably easier for them if you just give them like 2 options to choose from, no matter what it is you're asking them about, so it's easy for them to decide. Our son didn't seem gun-shy or confused per se,,but he WAS a lot quieter and he just wanted us to choose where we ate, and all he wanted was to go back to the hotel after that. 

Comment by Lindsay on June 2, 2013 at 2:05pm

I've only heard from mine twice :(

Comment by kcowdin on June 2, 2013 at 1:48pm

Day, did your SR say the whole division was getting calls by ant chance?

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 2, 2013 at 1:38pm

Boy this PIR group sure gets lots of calls. I think we a only heard from twin 1four times. Maybe 5.

Comment by Flippers Mom Ship 02 Div 932 on June 2, 2013 at 11:54am

Good Morning Everyone! Popeye is kind of scary.

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